Connor Love
Connor Love
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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Connor Love
Office Phone:
(202) 994-6121
800 22nd Street NW
Washington DC 20052
B.Sc. in Biochemistry from UC Santa Barbara, Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Oceanography from UC Santa Barbara, Research Focus: tracing elements and molecules through marine ecosystems to understand global biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem connectivity to improve marine conservation efforts.
CHEM 3165
Love CR, Stuhr M, Fox MD, Radice VZ, Fine M, McMahon KW, Valentine DL (2025) Selective nutrient
incorporation may underestimate heterotrophy of a mixotrophic reef-building coral. Nature
Communications Biology. 8:1285.
Love CR, Speare KE, Fox MD, Radice VZ, McMahon KW, Hofmann GE, Valentine DL, Strader ME
(2025) Heterotrophy of particulate organic matter subsidies contributes to divergent bleaching response in
tropical Scleractinian Corals. Limnology and Oceanography. 70:1802-1816.
Love CR, Arrington EC, Gosselin KM, Reddy CM, Van Mooy BAS, Nelson RK, Valentine DL
(2021) Microbial production and consumption of hydrocarbons in the global ocean. Nature Microbiology.
6:489–498.
Love CR, McMahon KW, Strirnimann L, Rich W, Lopez-Sandoval D, Glanz J, Atienza D, Fox MD (in
prep). Pelagic resource supply structures niche partitioning of corals on ocean-facing reefs. Science
Advances.
Gallow ND, Love CR, Meier S, Folkvord A, Vea Salvanes AG (in prep). Fish fatty acid differences under
hypoxic and normoxic conditions in Norwegian fjords. Marine Biology.
Love CR, Cziesielski MJ, Hughes H, Nowakowski C, Rosa Marín A, Wilkins KW (2021). Rethinking
Collaboration for Coral Reef Science. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. 30:16-18.
Wilkins KW, Rosa Marín A, Cziesielski MJ, Hughes H, Love CR, Nowakowski C (2021). Short and long-
term visions for protecting coral reefs. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. 30:3-15.
Nowakowski C, Hughes H, Love CR, Rosa Marín A, Wilkins KW, Cziesielski MJ (2021). Communicating
Hope for Coral Reefs. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. 30:15-16.
Cziesielski MJ, Hughes H, Love CR, Rosa Marín A, Nowakowski C, Wilkins KW (2021). Channeling Hope
for Reefs: A Series of Perspectives from Young Coral Reef Scientists. Limnology and Oceanography
Bulletin. 30:12-13.
Hughes H, Cziesielski MJ, Love CR, Nowakowski C, Rosa Marín A, Wilkins KW (2021). LOOKING TO
THE FUTURE. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. 30:18-19.
Love CR (2019). Hitchhikers Guide to the Unraveling Ocean Food Web Galaxy. Ocean Acidification
Report.
Love CR (2018). Pebble Mine Project Advances. Ocean Acidification Report.
Love CR (2018). Acidic Waters Reach Deep-Ocean Ecosystems. Ocean Acidification Report.
2023 Ph.D. (Biological and Chemical Oceanography) University of California Santa Barbara
Interdepartmental Graduate Program for Marine Science. Dissertation Title: “Tracing Molecules Through Oligotrophic Marine Ecosystems: MicrobialHydrocarbon Cycling and Coral Trophic Ecology” Advisor: David Valentine (Earth Science)
2016 B.Sc. (Biochemistry) University of California Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies
Chemistry and Biochemistry